org.opentrafficsim.core.geometry

Class Clothoid

java.lang.Object

org.opentrafficsim.core.geometry.Clothoid

public final class Clothoid
extends Object

Generate an OTSLine3D for a clothoid.
Derived from odrSpiral.c by M. Dupuis @ VIRES GmbH

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Version:

$Revision$, $LastChangedDate$, by $Author$, initial version Nov 2, 2015

Author:

M. Dupuis @ VIRES GmbH, Alexander Verbraeck, Peter Knoppers

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
(package private) static double[]	CD C(x) for small x denominator.
(package private) static double[]	CN C(x) for small x numerator.
(package private) static double[]	FD Auxiliary function f(x) denominator.
(package private) static double[]	FN Auxiliary function f(x) numerator.
(package private) static double[]	GD Auxiliary function g(x) denominator.
(package private) static double[]	GN Auxiliary function g(x) numerator.
(package private) static double[]	SD S(x) for small x denominator.
(package private) static double[]	SN S(x) for small x numerator.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static OTSLine3D	clothoid(OTSPoint3D start, org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Direction startDirection, double startCurvature, double endCurvature, org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Length length, org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Length endElevation, int numSegments) Approximate a clothoid.
static OTSLine3D	clothoid(OTSPoint3D start, org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Direction startDirection, double endCurvature, org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Length length, org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Length endElevation, int numSegments) Approximate a clothoid with curvature 0 at start.
static OTSLine3D	clothoid(OTSPoint3D start, org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Direction startDirection, org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.LinearDensity endCurvature, org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Length length, org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Length endElevation, int numSegments) Approximate a clothoid with curvature 0 at start.
static OTSLine3D	clothoid(OTSPoint3D start, org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Direction startDirection, org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.LinearDensity startCurvature, org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.LinearDensity endCurvature, org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Length length, org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Length endElevation, int numSegments) Approximate a clothoid.
static void	main(String[] args) Demonstrate / test the clothoid methods.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

SN

static final double[] SN

S(x) for small x numerator.

SD

static final double[] SD

S(x) for small x denominator.

CN

static final double[] CN

C(x) for small x numerator.

CD

static final double[] CD

C(x) for small x denominator.

FN

static final double[] FN

Auxiliary function f(x) numerator.

FD

static final double[] FD

Auxiliary function f(x) denominator.

GN

static final double[] GN

Auxiliary function g(x) numerator.

GD

static final double[] GD

Auxiliary function g(x) denominator.

Method Detail

clothoid

public static OTSLine3D clothoid(OTSPoint3D start,
                                 org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Direction startDirection,
                                 double endCurvature,
                                 org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Length length,
                                 org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Length endElevation,
                                 int numSegments)
                          throws OTSGeometryException

Approximate a clothoid with curvature 0 at start.

Parameters:

start - OTSPoint3D; starting point of the clothoid

startDirection - Direction; start direction of the clothoid

endCurvature - double; curvature at the end of the clothoid [1/m]

length - Length; length of the clothoid

endElevation - Length; elevation at end of the clothoid

numSegments - int; number of segments used to approximate (the number of points is one higher than this)

Returns:

OTSLine3D; the clothoid

Throws:

OTSGeometryException - if the number of segments is too low

clothoid

public static OTSLine3D clothoid(OTSPoint3D start,
                                 org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Direction startDirection,
                                 double startCurvature,
                                 double endCurvature,
                                 org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Length length,
                                 org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Length endElevation,
                                 int numSegments)
                          throws OTSGeometryException

Approximate a clothoid.

Parameters:

start - OTSPoint3D; starting point of the clothoid

startDirection - Direction; start direction of the clothoid

startCurvature - double; curvature at the start of the clothoid [1/m]

endCurvature - double; curvature at the end of the clothoid [1/m]

length - Length; length of the clothoid

endElevation - Length; elevation at end of the clothoid

numSegments - int; number of segments used to approximate (the number of points is one higher than this)

Returns:

OTSLine3D; the clothoid

Throws:

OTSGeometryException - if the number of segments is too low

clothoid

public static OTSLine3D clothoid(OTSPoint3D start,
                                 org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Direction startDirection,
                                 org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.LinearDensity endCurvature,
                                 org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Length length,
                                 org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Length endElevation,
                                 int numSegments)
                          throws OTSGeometryException

Approximate a clothoid with curvature 0 at start.

Parameters:

start - OTSPoint3D; starting point of the clothoid

startDirection - Direction; start direction of the clothoid

endCurvature - LinearDensity; curvature at the end of the clothoid

length - Length; length of the clothoid

endElevation - Length; elevation at end of the clothoid

numSegments - int; number of segments used to approximate (the number of points is one higher than this)

Returns:

OTSLine3D; the clothoid

Throws:

OTSGeometryException - if the number of segments is too low

clothoid

public static OTSLine3D clothoid(OTSPoint3D start,
                                 org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Direction startDirection,
                                 org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.LinearDensity startCurvature,
                                 org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.LinearDensity endCurvature,
                                 org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Length length,
                                 org.djunits.value.vdouble.scalar.Length endElevation,
                                 int numSegments)
                          throws OTSGeometryException

Approximate a clothoid.

Parameters:

start - OTSPoint3D; starting point of the clothoid

startDirection - Direction; start direction of the clothoid

startCurvature - double; curvature at the start of the clothoid [1/m]

endCurvature - double; curvature at the end of the clothoid [1/m]

length - Length; length of the clothoid

endElevation - Length; elevation at end of the clothoid

numSegments - int; number of segments used to approximate (the number of points is one higher than this)

Returns:

OTSLine3D; the clothoid

Throws:

OTSGeometryException - if the number of segments is too low

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws OTSGeometryException

Demonstrate / test the clothoid methods.

Parameters:

args - String[]; the command line arguments (not used)

Throws:

OTSGeometryException - if the number of segments is too low